We talked about doing a pattern but by the time the table, the hutch, the bookcase, the island, the cupboards and 5 doorways are accounted for ..... you won't see any pattern anyway. So it will be a solid color.

Forbo's Click is a DIY dream .... you can put it down on any floor and "click" it together. And you can't see the seam. It fits extremely tightly together for a very smooth finish. It comes in 12" squares or 12"x36" panels. We chose that size as it will be even easier and faster to install.

It has three layers ..... a solid environmentally sound linseed oil-based linoleum layer, an engineered wood substrate and a layer of cork that deadens sound and helps "float" over the floors imperfections.

I sound sold, right????

I am but ............................

What color do I choose???

The main cabinets will be the ivory on the right with a flat panel shaker style door. The sink base and baking center will be the willow wainscotted cabinets with a coffee glaze with furniture styled features.

In the store .... I was convinced I wanted the center sample or the sample to the left. But the left sample (Barbados) blends into the cabinet so much .... there is no difference in tones. The center (Caribbean) seems too gray for me ..... and I hate gray.

Except for hair ..... I like gray hair. :)

Finally the right sample ... is Van Gogh. A little more yellow than I thought I wanted. I keep going back to it ... which should be a sign.... but its not quite a billboard yet!!!!

Wall color is Sherwin Williams blonde which is a chameleon of a color and the original wainscoting -- is an antique white. Yea .... the original wainscoting is still in the kitchen.